I had managed to install MySQL successfully but after I shut down and restart, it fails. It was installed such that the SQL server would run automatically whenever the system is running. I've re-installed it once. I'm very new to web development and MySQL. Please help. I've attached the error screenshot.

I've searched for mysqld.sock, but unable to locate it. I had set a password to access the server, which does not work anymore. Trawling the Internet has not helped. Sitepoint was recommended by the author of the book I'm referring.

scannon
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2013-03-02T15:12:24Z —
#2

Mysql is (most likely) not running. You'll just need to run the start command to get it up and running.

What version of linux are you running?

samabraham
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2013-03-03T09:27:39Z —
#3

I updated to Ubuntu 12.04 some time back...

scannon
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2013-03-03T13:54:01Z —
#4

The first thing I would try is to manually start the server and see if it works. If it does work, then you'll need to figure out why it doesn't startup automatically.